U.S. data for 2012 indicates an overall downward trend based on incidents from 10 years when violent crime was decreasing and property crime was decreasing. However, in 2012, there was more violent criminal activity than in 2011, indicating that the long-term trend may be undergoing a change of direction.

* The source of actual data on this national crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. The national crime report data for 2015 was projected from 10 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2012.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.